I am happy to report that BOTH my hexayurts (a modified H7 and a standard H12) which are both manufactured using the Barge Glue + Cordura + Velcro formula I developed went to Burning Man this year and survived the harsh winds, hail, rain and blazing sun with flying colors. In fact, this was the 2nd year on the playa for both yurts, but the first time I'd ever had them there the same year together. (I loaned the H7 to another couple.)
I am happy to hear on these forums that many other people have been using Barge Glue and Velcro, and hope your hexayurt's survival at Burning Man was as successful as mine. For my H12 it took 7 people to construct it safely due to high winds on early arrival, but it only took 2 people to take it down easily. Both set-up and take-down required under 10 minutes because of the Velcro!!!!! The amount of time, energy and materials saved was incredible. Later on I will do a full write-up on the construction technique I did with some dimensions, hints, pictures and extras. It will not be posted here, but on a website. I'll post a link though. I read someone else's post about using Liquid Nails and I thought I'd mention this type of glue failed my pre-manufacturing tests, even though the tube specifically mentioned it was appropriate for insulation foam board. The glue joint failed when heat was applied; it seemed to have no adhesion to the aluminum foil. I wish I could have attended the Hexayurt meet-and-greet on Wednesday, but I think I was sleeping at the time..... :-/ Alexander / a.k.a. "Wolf" On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 5:05:15 AM UTC-4, Vinay Gupta wrote: > > > How was your burn? > > Did we learn anything interesting and worth documenting about hexayurts, > coolers etc? > > Do please share! > > V> > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
